Committee Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 1:00 pm on 16 September 2024.
Resolved:
That Mr Peter Martin replace Ms Cheryl Brownlee as a member of the Committee for Education; that Mr Jonathan Buckley replace Mr Stephen Dunne as a member of the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee; and that Mr Stephen Dunne be appointed as a member of the Committee for Justice. — [Mr Clarke.]
Edwin Poots
DUP
I ask Members to take their ease while we change the Chair. We will then move to a statement from the First Minister and deputy First Minister.
(Mr Deputy Speaker [Mr Blair] in the Chair)
The Deputy speaker is in charge of proceedings of the House of Commons in the absence of the Speaker.
The deputy speaker's formal title is Chairman of Ways and Means, one of whose functions is to preside over the House of Commons when it is in a Committee of the Whole House.
The deputy speaker also presides over the Budget.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
